Bill Bloss

After receiving his law degree in 1984 from Washington College of Law, The American University, Bill served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert C. Zampano in New Haven and then to U.S. Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King in Houston. He then joined Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., in New Haven, where he handled a broad variety of cases including personal injury, commercial disputes, and criminal defense. In 2004, he started practicing with Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., in New Haven and Bridgeport. At Koskoff, Bill concentrates on wrongful death, product liability, and personal injury cases. He has also been a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel in the U.S. District Court since 1986 and is a lecturer in trial practice at Yale Law School. Bill also has litigated several election cases, most recently the absentee ballot fraud case leading to a new primary and election in Bridgeport. He also represented Common Cause and Connecticut Citizen Action Group in federal litigation that led to the overhaul of the state primary election system, and he represented the state comptroller, several members of the General Assembly, including in one case clarifying the roles of the courts and the General Assembly in election disputes, and two Governors. Bill has been a member of the Federal Grievance Committee and two local panels of the Statewide Grievance Committee. He was appointed to a committee to improve defense services under the Criminal Justice Act and served twice on committees to recommend U.S. Magistrate Judge candidates. In the community, Bill has been active with the Guilford Land Conservation Trust for over twenty years.He served on the Guilford Board of Education for twenty years, including fourteen years as its chairman. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Bill Bloss included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers Super Lawyers Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV, Highest Rating for Attorneys Other Sources of Feedback About Bill Bloss Included on the 2025Connecticut Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2023 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2022 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2020 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2019 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2017 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2016 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2015 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2014 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2013 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2012 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2011 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2008 Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2006 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Associate, 1986 - 1993
• Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Member, 1993 - 2004
• Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Houston, Texas, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1986
• Hon. Robert C. Zampano Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1985
• Hon. Patricia P. Bailey Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984

• $16.5 Million for catastrophic injuries to 4 people, including 1 death, as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning
• $13.5 Million for a young man who suffered severe injuries, including blindness, while working at an industrial site
• $12.3 Million verdict for the family of a 5-year old girl who drowned in the indoor pool at the Waterbury Boys & Girls Club
• $6 Million for a 10-year-old boy who was badly burned when his Halloween costume caught fire
• $140 million settlement in a class action in 2014 against Nationwide for claimed ERISA violations. Haddock v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co., Case No. 3:01-cv-1552 (SRU), USDC, District of Connecticut. This was the second largest reported settlement nationally in 2014.
• Confidential Settlement for a man who was seriously injured by an explosion at a power plant
• Confidential Settlement for a 25-year-old man who was seriously injured after being hit by a drunk driver
• $3 million settlement for a workplace accident involving a 51-year-old worker operating equipment on the job who sustained serious, permanent injuries.
• $6 million for a woman grievously injured after another driver ran a red light and collided with her car.

• Connecticut Citizens Action Group, Board of Directors, Member
• State of Connecticut Property Tax Commission, Member (appointed)
• Board of Education, Town of Guilford, Member 1999-2019, Chairman 2005-2019 (elected)
• Tax Stabilization Committee, Town of Guilford, Vice Chairman
• Guilford Land Conservation Trust, Board of Directors, Member, Past President
• Youth and Family Services Bureau Advisory Board, Town of Guilford, Member 1999-2005

• Connecticut, 1984
• New York, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. Tax Court, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1996

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• New Haven County Bar Association (Member)
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow